Violin-rest



las there are many ways known, and this tea- UNITED STATES JOSEPH BOIIMAN, OF CHICAGO, ILLIOIS.

VIOLINHREST.

SPECIFICATION forming part: of Letters Patent No. 397,454,

dated February 5, 1589.

Application tiled June 6, lSSS. Serial No. 276,183. tNo model.)

To aZZ 1071/071@ it' may 00u/cern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH BOHMANN, of Chicago, in the county of Cook and State. ot' Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Tiolin-Rests, of which the following is a specification.

The purpose of my invention is to construct al rest which shall enable the player to maintain a more erect and easy position ot the head, while at the same time he has a firmer hold upon the violin than is secured by the use of the ordinary chin-rest.

Another purpose of my invention is to leave the back of the violin free and unobstructed in its vibrations.

In the accompanying drawings, Figures l and 2 are end views of the lower partot' a violin having my improved rest attached, and i Fig. 3 is a. side view otI the same. t

As seen it'roln the drawings, the chin-rest consists ot a clamping-frame in two parts, A B, connected by a tiglrtening-screw, .lhe torni of the parts A ll and the mode ot clamping the saine maybe varied iln'letinitely7 l l l l l l l l l l 1 l l l ture has nothing` to do with my present invention. To the upper end ot' clamp A is attached the chin-rest proper, I), which is hollowed to conform to the playens chin in the usual way. The mode ot' fastening, by 1 screws E E passing through slots l@1 F, perl mits the rest; I)..to be raised or lowered or tilted to better accommodate the player. The lower end ot' clamp li has a hinge-joint, upon which the plate H turns. Said plate H has secured to the edge farthest from the ll l hinge a curved strip, I, whose ends are preferably broadened and rounded, as shown at i e' i. The strip I is bent as shown, or approximately so, the curvature being sucli that when the hinge-plate H is turned up, as l shown in Fig. 9, the strip will lie closet enough to the ribs or sides of the violin to be out of the way and permit the violin to y lit into an ordinary case. It is preferably y made of some material-such as spring-steel` which is elastic, the player being thereby at'- l forded a more secure and easy hold, and also an op'pm'tunitv to change the sidewise in clination ot' the violin by pressing` his chin onv one side or the other ot' the rest, when the spring will yield and allow the violin to tilt accordingly.

l'hen in use, the strip I occupies the posi-4 tion shown in Iigs. l and 23. The lett-hand' end of the strip rests upon the shoulder of the player, and the right-hand end upon his chest. rl`he support for the violin is thus furnished by the ends only ot' the arched strip I, and the lett end reaches fa r enough back on the shoulder to counteract the tendency to slip forward experienced when the support is all derived from the chest or collar-bone. By the use ot' a rest constructed in the manner set iforth the player may dispense with the pad usually worn, which so liable to slip and be misplaced. Nothing comes in contact with the vibrating parts ot' the violin. The hold ot' the chin upon the violin is so much strengthenwl as to relieve the lett hand ot the player t'roin the support ot` the violin entirely, thereby iacilitating his execution ot' rapid shit'ts inaterially.

lYhile I have described the strip I as beingl pivotally attached to the violin, I do not wish to be conlined to that mode ot attachment, as it is not essential to the use ot' the strip I, but simply ati'ords a convenient way of disposing ot' it when not in use. rThe essential t'eature lies in the adaptation tothe violin ot' the strip I in such a position and ot' such a shape, as bet'ore described, that the support is derived trom a point upon the shoulder and another upon the chest of the player.

I claiml. The combination, with a violin, ol' an arched strip, as I, the ends ot' which are adapted to rest upon the shoulder and chest, respectively, of the player.

2. The combination, with a violin, ot' an arched strip, a-s I, attached piv tall v thereto, and adapted when turned down to rest upon the chest and shoulder ot' the player, and having a curvature correspond ing approx i mately to that of the ribs of the violn, so that when 4. The combination, with the ela-mp A and folded up it may permit the violin to go into ehn-ehest D, of screws E E and slots F F, Io im Ordinary ease. whereby the rest D may be adjusted, as de- 3. The cmnbiumvioll, with chunp--frame of scribed.

5 :L violin chin-rest, of an zuehed Strip, as I, JOSEPH BOHMANN.

the ends of which :we adapted to Test upon VtneSSeS: A the shoulder and chest, respectively, of the J. I. VEEDER5 player. O. R. BARNETT. 

